Word: cordiality
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...three hours we spent with Gorbachev he was alternately soft-spoken and forceful, detached and caustic, critical and cordial. Most impressive was the way he conducted the meeting. Unlike the other Soviet officials with whom we met, he did not make a prepared opening statement. Instead, he began by asking questions. He was well briefed about our group and asked different members why they had taken a particular position, made a certain speech or supported a series of American policies. He seemed interested in learning...
...homeowner receives a cordial letter inviting him to apply for a charge account at J.W. Robinson's, a department-store chain. But his application for credit is rejected with a form letter alleging an "insufficient credit file." It should have read, "We are too lazy to check further...
...with the Chinese. Last month Jaruzelski stopped off in Moscow for talks with Soviet , officials before and after his journey to China. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is said to want to re-establish high-level political ties between Moscow and Peking. That desire so far has been frustrated, although cordial talks by various middle-ranking officials have been going on between the two Communist nations since...
...rejected because of President Ronald Reagan's refusal to agree to ban testing and development of his Strategic Defense Initiative weapons system came as an enormous disappointment for those of us who were following the proceedings. To see President Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail S. Gorbachev so warm and cordial with one another at lunch, and so dejected and grim-faced only a few hours later, reflected their, as well as our, sorrow at what almost had been in our grasp...
...summit will give Gorbachev a chance to further a long-standing Soviet foreign policy goal of wooing Iceland out of NATO. The Kremlin has been more than cordial, backing Iceland on international matters even when it was not in Moscow's immediate interest to do so. During the so-called cod wars of the 1950s and '70s, when Iceland gradually enlarged its territorial control of fishing rights to 200 miles, the Soviets protested but nevertheless became the first major nation to recognize the new limits. In return, Iceland expanded its trade with Moscow and now provides the Soviets with about...